[Federal Register: June 19, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 117)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OMB Number 1121-0259]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comments Requested

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Bureau of 
Justice Assistance Application Form: Public Safety Officer's Medal of 
Valor.

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    The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), 
will be submitting the following information collection request to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed 
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public 
and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 
``sixty days'' until August 18, 2009. This process is conducted in 
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
    If you have comments especially on the estimated public burden or 
associated response time, suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed 
information collection instrument with instructions or additional 
information, please contact Maria A. Berry at 202-353-8643, Bureau of 
Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of 
Justice, 810 Seventh Street, NW., Washington, DC 20531.
    Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are 
encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of the following 
four points:

--Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
--Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
--Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and
--Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.

Overview of this information collection

    (1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Bureau of Justice Assistance 
Application Form: Public Safety Officers Medal of Valor.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: None.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief Abstract: Primary: State, local and Tribal government 
agencies within the United States and its territories.
    Abstract: The Bureau of Justice Assistance, a component of the 
Office of Justice Program, Department of Justice, administers the 
Public Safety Officer's Medal of Valor. One a year, the President of 
the United States of America may award, and present in the name of 
Congress, a Medal of Valor of appropriate design, with ribbons and 
appurtenances, to a public safety officer who is cited by the Attorney 
General, upon the recommendation of the Medal of Valor Review Board, 
for extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty. The Public 
Safety Officer Medal of Valor is the highest national award given to a 
public safety officer in recognition of their bravery and altruistic 
acts of valor to protect and save the lives of others. Nomination(s) 
for this award is voluntary.
    Nominations are received through the Internet, or postal mail. The 
Medal of Valor program is governed by F1.R.802, the ``Public Safety 
Officer Medal of Valor Act of 2001.''
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond/reply: It is 
estimated that it will take the 182 applicants under the Medal of Valor 
approximately 25 minutes to complete the application form.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: The total estimated annual hour burden to complete 
the certification form is 75.83 hours.
    If additional information is required contact: Lynn Bryant, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Patrick Henry 
Building, Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: June 15, 2009.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. E9-14378 Filed 6-18-09; 8:45 am]

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